Currently, there are 719.10M common shares owned by the public and among those 648.54M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.47% and -21.32% over the past three months. DHR shares are trading -16.33% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -18.74% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $171.00 and touched a high of $281.70 over the same period. DHR has an average intraday trading volume of 4.78 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -1.07%, -5.12%, and -19.77% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Danaher Corp (NYSE: DHR) shares accounts for 81.30% of the company’s 719.10M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $137.42B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.83. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 36.32, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $5.29. The company has a PEG of 4.31 and a Quick Ratio of 1.05 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.35. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 3.05% over the week and 4.52% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 2.36%, and 12.35% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 8.42% over the next five years, compared to 9.03% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the DHR, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Barclays stated their Overweight rating for the stock in a research note on April 10, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $205. Goldman coverage for the Danaher Corp (DHR) stock in a research note released on March 21, 2025 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $260. Scotiabank on their part issued Sector Perform rating on December 23, 2024.
